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The Old Catholic Churches of Europe (1931, 1934)
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 (Entered into Full Communion with the Anglican Communion, 1931; Episcopal Church, 1934; clarified, 1940; specifically noted inclusion of Polish National Catholic Church, 1946; likewise ratified and clarified by Polish National Catholic Church, 1946. Polish National Catholic Church terminated full communion in 1978; Episcopal Church did not.)

These churches are: Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht (The Old Catholic Churches of Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland, Netherlands [Utrecht and Haarlem], and Switzerland). An International Anglican - Old Catholic International Coordinating Commission meets biennially.

The International Bishops' Conference of the Union of Utrecht meets at Hejnice, CZ including Bishop Mike Klusmeyer, participant from The Episcopal Church.

  

 
Resources & Links
Anglican-Old Catholic Communique (3/04)
Old Catholic Churches in Communion with Utrecht
Background on the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht
Project Canterbury Old Catholic Resources Online
There are three groups of canonical Old Catholics: 1) Those of the diocese of Utrecht in the Netherlands, out of communion with the Roman see since the eighteenth century; 2) Communities in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic which opposed the Roman Catholic dogma of Papal Infallibility as promulgated at the First Vatican Council; and 3) Polish National Catholics in the United States, Canada and Poland who removed themselves from obedience to the Roman Catholic Church from 1895.